S6 EP2: Chris Lintott
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What Did You Do Yesterday? with Max Rushden & David O'Doherty
1h 23m
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8 chapters
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What did Chris Lintott do yesterday?
Podcasts, there are millions
of them.
Some might say too many. I
have one
already.
I
don't have any because there are enough.
Politics, business, sport, you name it, there's a podcast about it and they all ask the big questions and cover the hot topics of the day. But
nobody is covering the most important topic of all. Why is that?
Are they scared?
Too afraid of being censored by the man? No.
Possibly, but not us. We're here to ask the only question that matters. We try and say it at the same time, Max. What did you
do yesterday? What did you do yesterday?
What did you do yesterday? That's it. All we're interested in is what the guests got up to yesterday. Nothing more. Day
before yesterday, Max? Nope. The greatest and most
interesting day of your life? Unless it was yesterday, we don't want to know about it. I'm Max Rushton. And I'm David O'Doherty. Welcome to What Did You Do Yesterday? Hello and welcome to What Did You Do Yesterday? My name is Max Rushton. Alongside me today is Irish comedian David O'Doherty. Welcome, David.
I think I say the least I've ever said in this episode because it's genuinely interesting. And that's why we have had the great and the good on this podcast, Max. You don't necessarily learn. You learn about human nature maybe from it. So it was good because
you let the two great scientific minds of our generation just get on with it. It was like, for you to take a step back was actually, it was very generous broadcasting. Today's guest is Chris Lintott, who is the host of The Sky at Night. You know, he is Patrick Moore for the 2020s.
So The Sky at Night, to people who may not know what it is around the world, is this very long-running BBC astronomy space generally TV show that I think is one of the earliest shows that was ever on BBC. And it still continues the second Monday of every month. You can watch it on the iPlayer if you have access to the iPlayer. So... Chris is in this great lineage of these great broadcasters and great minds about space. And you booked him, Max.
I booked him because he was on TalkSport. And as you just said, what the hell was he doing on TalkSport? It was the day of the eclipse. And Chris is a Torquay United fan as Charlie Baker is. And so Charlie knows him because there's about four Torquay fans. He came on and it was one of those bits where this was suddenly really exciting stuff compared to just talking about who Liverpool were going to buy on the window. It's another one of those where the boss goes, I know you were really passionate about Lord of the Rings and the Eclipse. Could you possibly get energised about, you know, if Everton should buy a striker? Yeah. But he was such good value. And like, you know, occasionally, you know, people say it'd be good to hear of just some other people's yesterdays.
And so we've booked him on a great yesterday because, you know, like we could have got him just lying at home, but he is at a space. He's at a space thing. So this thing is about space. And I obviously know more about space because of Ian. I know so much more than I did two months ago. It is arguable to say my knowledge is still limited. Yeah.
Hey, there's a genuinely good bit on this where I mentioned the Kuiper belt. And in the next sentence, you name one of the icy moons of outer space.
I think we impressed him with our space knowledge
and our
forensic questions about the cosmos. But it's really, it's like interesting. And he's also doing some lectures. Did you write that down? He's doing some free lectures for people in London at Gresham College.
Which has for hundreds of years, yeah, offered free lectures to the people of London and he is doing some at the end of September so look up Gresham College I mean what an educate I've come out of this having learned so much
I like it when you think this podcast is prestige and but like you will learn stuff and that's new for us that's new frontier we found a new frontier
say no more ladies and gentlemen this is what Chris Lintott did yesterday
Chris Lintott, welcome to What Did You Do Yesterday?
Thank you. It's a pleasure and a slightly confusing experience to be here.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What did Chris Lintott do yesterday?
0:06–13:04
2
How did Chris’s unexpected hotel stay in The Hague start his day?
13:04–22:14
3
What did the interstellar‑object session reveal about comets like Oumuamua and Atlas?
22:14–32:47
4
Why did Chris struggle to find coffee and end up eating bitterballen?
32:47–44:35
5
What is the BepiColombo mission and why is Mercury’s large core important?
44:35–55:11
6
How are missions like Europa Clipper and JUICE searching for life on icy moons?
55:11–1:05:48
7
What challenges do astronomers face when applying for telescope time?
1:05:48–1:18:36
8
What opportunities does the conference offer for PhD positions and future research?
1:18:36–1:23:33